SMA AND LTT HAVE NMAC WHEN LNDG ON RWYS INTERSECTING AT THE THRESHOLDS.
Synopsis
SMA AND LTT HAVE NMAC WHEN LNDG ON RWYS INTERSECTING AT THE THRESHOLDS.
Narrative
THE BASIC PROB WAS 2 ACFT LNDG AT AN UNCTLED ARPT WITH MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS AND 1 ACFT IFR AND THE OTHER ACFT VFR. THE VFR ACFT; WHICH I WAS FLYING; DID NOT HAVE FAA RADIO COM CAPABILITY. I DID HAVE RADIO COM WITH MY OFFICE PERSONNEL VIA A BUSINESS BAND RADIO. IT'S A 5 MIN FLT FROM MY AIRSTRIP TO THE MITCHELL ARPT. UPON DEP FROM MY PVT AIRSTRIP; MY OFFICE PERSONNEL CONTACTED MITCHELL AWOS AND THE WX WAS RPTED TO BE 1000 FT CEILING AND 4 MI VISIBILITY. THIS INFO WAS RELAYED TO ME AT XX50 HRS. UPON ARR AT THE MITCHELL ARPT; THE ROTATING BEACON WAS NOT OPERATIONAL INDICATING VFR CONDITIONS DID EXIST. I ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN AND LANDED ON THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 35 AT APPROX XX55 HRS. UPON ROLLOUT; AN LTT LANDED ON RWY 30. BOTH ACFT LANDED ON THE ARPT AT THE SAME TIME. THE LTT MADE AN INST APCH TO RWY 30 AND I MADE A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 35. IT'S THE AGE-OLD PROB OF 1 ACFT VFR AND 1 ACFT IFR. THE IFR ACFT IS DEPENDING ON SEPARATION BY RADIO AND THE VFR ACFT IS DEPENDING ON VISUAL SEPARATION. MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SITS. AT XY05; I CALLED MITCHELL AWOS BY MOBILE TELEPHONE AND THE WX WAS RPTED AS 1100 FT CEILING AND 3 MI VISIBILITY. ONE HAS TO BE EXTREMELY VIGILANT WHEN LNDG AT AN ARPT UNDER MARGINAL CONDITIONS WHEN THE VISIBILITY AND CEILING PERMIT VFR LNDG AND; AT THE SAME TIME; ACFT ARE MAKING INST APCHS.
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